Tagged: research

September 8, 2022 @ 1:52 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

CryptoKitties was arguably the first project to bring NFTs into the mainstream, the team at Juniper Research noted in a comprehensive report. Launched in 2017, CryptoKitties featured an on-chain game “enabling users to breed digital cats together to produce new cats of differing rarity and… Read More

September 8, 2022 @ 7:48 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Venture capital (VC) funding slid more deeply in AI & ML than in software overall in Q2, “falling 27.8% quarter-over-quarter (QoQ) compared to 21.6% for IT more generally.” according to an update from Pitchbook. Both deal value and deal count “fell to their lowest levels… Read More

September 7, 2022 @ 7:43 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Economic uncertainty, which peaked in the first half of 2022, “challenged investors to reconsider finance instruments in terms of risk-reward ratio,” according to an update from Robo.cash. The analysts at Robo.cash recently commented on “popular” assets and how they have been performing since the beginning… Read More

September 4, 2022 @ 11:58 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Australian businesses have “ambitious” plans for international expansion, as new data from global fintech Airwallex reveals more than two thirds of small-to-medium Aussie businesses (69 per cent) plan “to be operating outside Australia by 2027.” Airwallex’s inaugural Australian Business Growth Index found “a third of… Read More

September 4, 2022 @ 2:31 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

So far in 2022, $2,338,910,183 billion has been “lost to various scams and exploits in the Web3 world and a total of ~377 attacks recorded this year,” according to an update shared by CertiK. Just like in July, August has “seen the same number of… Read More

September 3, 2022 @ 10:23 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Over half (59%) of consumers are “more concerned about becoming a victim of fraud now than they were in 2021.” That’s according to research released by specialized payments platform, Paysafe (NYSE: PSFE) which indicates that consumers across North America, Latin America and Europe are “prioritizing… Read More

August 30, 2022 @ 6:35 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The Emerging Tech Indicator (ETI), released by Pitchbook, provides a quarterly review of seed- and early-stage investment activity “involving a limited subset of the world’s most successful venture capital (VC) firms.” The analysis provides “a unique perspective into the types of technologies top investors view… Read More

August 30, 2022 @ 4:14 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance (CCAF), the top academic group studying Fintech, has published a report on digital finance in Latin America and its impact on SMEs’ access to capital. The SME Access to Digital Finance Study: A Deep Dive into the Latin America… Read More

August 30, 2022 @ 2:47 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Ethereum’s Merge is due to happen soon, and it might “impact both Ether and the larger crypto market in a big way,” the Okcoin team noted. Ethereum’s proof-of-work chain will merge with its proof-of-stake chain soon, the update from Okcoin noted while adding that the… Read More

August 29, 2022 @ 6:01 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Security Token Market, a global oracle for all security token financial data, media, and research is pleased to announce a new investment from SPiCE VC, a venture capital firm focused on the growth and development of the blockchain and tokenization ecosystem. SPiCE is considered to… Read More

August 29, 2022 @ 4:39 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The team at Carta notes that they’re making a visual change which is indicative of “the external manifestation” of the next evolution of their platform. The first problem they had set out to solve at Carta was “the electronic issuing and signing of private stock… Read More

August 29, 2022 @ 1:37 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Buy Now, Pay Later (BNPL) plans have taken over as a “popular” financing option for consumers, partly due to “an increase in online shopping demands during the pandemic,” the TrueAccord team notes in a blog post. In 2021, Americans “spent more than $20 billion through… Read More

August 25, 2022 @ 10:43 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Research released by specialized payments platform Paysafe (NYSE: PSFE) reveals how retailers “may be missing out by not accepting payments in crypto.” A significant 80% of crypto owners “want to pay for goods with their crypto balances but are held back by a lack of… Read More

August 18, 2022 @ 3:38 pm By JD Alois  |  

While so much of Fintech boomed during the height of the COVID health crisis due to lockdowns, social distancing, and a rise in shopping online, Insurtech is one area of Fintech that fortunes sagged, at least according to GlobalData’s numbers. According to their research, in… Read More

August 16, 2022 @ 3:13 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic were a “hive of activity” for small businesses, with a striking 53% jump in applications to start new companies, according to an update from Fundbox. Now macro economic factors, from inflation to staffing shortages, “are posing significant challenges… Read More

August 15, 2022 @ 11:16 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The Solana Foundation recently published the Validator Health Report (on August 10, 2022). Solana is a public, open-source blockchain that “anyone in the world can build on.” Their mandate at the Solana Foundation is “to support the decentralization, security, resilience, and adoption of the Solana… Read More

August 15, 2022 @ 9:41 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The Age of “Spendlightenment” has dawned, the team at Airbase notes in a blog post. The innovation of spend management has “the power to elevate the work of finance professionals to a higher state of being, one characterized by unprecedented vision, power, and flow.” When… Read More

August 8, 2022 @ 11:58 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Since 2020, and the recent global pandemic, digital commerce has seen “exceptional growth,” according to an update from Juniper Research. Although the impact of COVID-19 certainly forced an increase in online shopping and eCommerce usage, it is clear that it is “a continuing trend,” the… Read More

August 8, 2022 @ 9:09 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The Malaysian card payments market is “set to record a robust growth of 15.2% in 2022, supported by the gradual rise in consumer spending, government’s financial inclusion measures, and increasing preference for contactless payments,” forecasts GlobalData, a data and analytics company. According to GlobalData’s Payment… Read More

August 8, 2022 @ 3:21 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The cryptocurrency and blockchain industry faced headwinds in recent months as May’s collapse of the Terra ecosystem took its toll on many other market participants. In June and July of this year, major crypto lending platforms (including Celsius, BlockFi, Voyager and Vauld) took drastic measures… Read More